A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (32 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 06:03:46 / November 15, 2015 @ 6:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ygn. Id of event: us10003ygn. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:03:46 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.5489° West, latitude -23.795° South, depth = 197.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 197.94 km (123 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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